Medical devices have unique development and quality requirements, especially when they are FDA-regulated. We have decades of experience with the technologies, hardware, and regulatory complexities of this space.

We speak the language of industrial machines and consumer devices. Our product intelligence practice is focused on helping OEMs bring intelligence to the products they produce for a variety of industries and applications.

IoT is changing everything about devices, machines, and equipment. Across medical, industrial, and consumer industries, we can help you make your products smarter and interact more intelligently with the world.

RECENT PROJECTS

After decades of creating custom firmware and software for companies of all sizes across numerous industries, we can look back on a lot of great client engagements. Below are a few of our more notable recent efforts in the Medical/Lab, Industrial, and Consumer markets. CLICK TO STOP SLIDER FOR MORE INFO.

Blood Glucose Meters

Gale Force has worked on multiple FDA-regulated blood glucose meters over many years.

FDA Remediation

Full remediation of a FDA-regulated medical device used in post operative care

Smart Faucet

Nurse Call System

Ongoing development partner for a wired and wireless nurse call system

Home Automation

Enabled first-of-its-kind voice control for a common household product through the Amazon Echo framework

DNA Analysis Solution

A sophisticated DNA analysis and matching software product called SmallPond

Commercial Access Control Device

Created the product intelligence and 3rd-party integration capability for commercial access control systems.

Mass Spectrometer Sampling Device

Created the firmware and supporting applications for industry-first sampling system for mass spectrometers.

Diagnostic App for Android

An Android application with multi-touch gestures and a rich user interface with real-time diagnostic graphing

iPad Analyzer Service Tool

An iPad app to serve as an external status monitor for a clinical analyzer

Smart Fuel Pump

A smart fuel pump which communicates with other commercial vehicle systems

Secure Facility Access Kiosk

A web-based kiosk which interacts with client hardware, a server-side SQL Server DB, LDAP, and 3rd party apps

Why Choose Gale Force?

We serve our clients well, and they reward us for it. This year we have an overall Net Promoter Score of 84%, which means clients give us a top-two box rating on the question of whether they would recommend us to a colleague. We have earned this best in class NPS score based on...

We work to become an indispensable part of the client's strategy for success. We have worked with most of our clients for many years, and they consider us part of their competitive advantage.

What Clients Say About Us

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Gale Force does what it takes to get the job done; if someone needs to sit onsite with our local engineering staff, they will put them in our office. If our staff needs guidance or perspective from Gale Force regarding an approach to a solution, their team is consistent and available.

Gale Force does solid work; I never have to check the quality. And they tell me everything I need to know, not just what I want to hear.

— Principle Firmware Engineer - Top Global Biotech Manufacturer

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I appreciate the communication, the attention to detail, the responsiveness, and the patience to work with our company outside of the typical norms in the software engineering world.

— Product Manager - US Medical Device Manufacturer

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I trust Gale Force to be fair and competitive, while delivering on my project needs. They are competent and knowledgeable, and I can trust them to do the job right.

— Engineering Manager - Lab Instrument Manufacturer

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Gale Force has talented software developers. They are very easy to work with and always provide fast accurate quotes

— Engineering Manager - Global Security Company

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Gale Force has wide experience across many technologies and deep vertical knowledge in the technologies we leverage.

— Sr Business Systems Architect - Global Financial Services Firm

Our Leadership Team

The Gale Force leadership team has decades of engineering and product development experience ready to put to work for clients in medical devices and product intelligence for consumer and industrial products!

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Our Mission

We want to be the partner companies call first to create and leverage intelligence in their devices and systems.

We are a premier Midwest software consultancy which helps clients develop the device intelligence and enable control and IoT capability in their medical, consumer, and industrial products by extending the capacity and expertise of their internal product development teams. As a fully-capable software engineering team, clients rely on us to deliver projects with limited direction and produce high quality solutions on-time and on-budget.

Contact Info

If you have questions about a project, or just want to talk further about our company or yours, feel free to reach out. We would love to connect with you!